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diff --git a/network/fail2ban/README b/network/fail2ban/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..5993d3c304a9e --- /dev/null +++ b/network/fail2ban/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP that makes +too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the +IP address. These rules can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read +multiple log files such as sshd, Apache web server, postfix and others. + +fail2ban has following dependencies which are offical Slackware packages: +1. Python >= 2.3 Required +2. gamin >= 0.0.21 Optional + +Also see README.SBo for configuration and upgrade help. |